This could be American in 2020.Great Britain's government-run health care agency, the National Health Service, is expanding its program of rationing. The first victims? Kids, as the Daily Mail reports.
Children will be some of the first victims of NHS cuts after one health trust introduced rationing for common operations.Related posts:
Young patients suffering from tonsillitis will only be allowed to have their tonsils out if they have suffered at least five bouts in the last year.
They will also have to show that the condition is affecting their lives before qualifying for surgery in Greater Manchester.
Operations to fit under 12s with grommets - tiny plastic tubes used to treat ear infections where fluid continues to build up - and to remove non-cancerous warts, corns and cysts will also be rationed.
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